-Twilight’s lab: Troy’s POV-

A bright flash surrounded the center of Twilight’s lab. I had my eyes closed the entire time, but I felt as if my stomach dropped inside of me. I felt like I was going to hurl. I didn't hear what any of the girls were saying as I ran for the nearest waste basket and just puked my guts out.

"Are you okay Troy?" I heard Twilight ask me, as I continue to barf. After about thirty seconds, I finally stopped and turned to face the girls.

"What...the hell...just happened...?" I asked panting. "It felt like my stomach got turned inside out." I groaned, sitting in a nearby chair, clutching my stomach in pain.

"First time teleporting via magic then?" Trixie teases, patting me on the back. Her pat felt more like a smack as I was knocked flat on my face and onto the floor.

"Ow, what the hell?" I asked, getting up from the ground.

"Oh don't be such a filly." I heard Rainbow Dash say as she walked up to me. "Trixie barely even tapped you."

"Bear in mind that I'm still a runt compared to all of you." I growled. "And another thing--" I stop mid-sentence when I see Pinkie Pie still shuddering like a leaf. "Why is she still shaking?"

"I-I-I’m still feel-l-ling a big doo-doo-doozy coming o-o-on." Pinkie stutters while still shaking. "I j-j-just don't know wh-wh-what it is-s-s."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Twilight asked, a little annoyed. "Isn't it your thing to know when something's about to happen when your Pinkie Sense goes off?”

"I'm just not sure. I just know it has to be a big one and that it’s going to happen here." Pinkie added, as her body calms down a little, only having small jerks and spasms for whatever reason. Seeing as this was going to break out into another argument, I shy away from the group next to Barb.

"Welp, seems I won't be getting any help from those girls anytime soon." I said to myself as it looks like they are going to get into another argument. I was about to find the door, when Barb suddenly yanks my arm and pulls me towards her. I land right onto her pillow-like breasts in the process considering these mares and this dragoness were stronger than me. Her breasts, despite being covered in scale, felt much firmer and smoother than any mare I have had the (mis)fortune of being against so far.

"I take it you're enjoying yourself." Barb teases me, flicking her tail against my butt, causing me to yelp in response, jump out of her bust and land on my butt.

"You didn't have to slap my butt...." I grumbled, rubbing where she smacked me. That tail of hers actually hurt. I was lucky I didn't yell loud enough for the mares to hear.

“I wasn't expecting you to get startled like that so easily.” She giggled to herself.

“Well my bad. Didn’t think my misery sparked some humor out of you.” Barb then placed a hand on my shoulder.

“I’m sorry okay?” She added. “I just wanted to try and cheer you up, so I thought having your head rest on my bosom and hearing my heartbeat would do that.” She then gives me a wink, while rubbing on my shoulder. I’m starting to think that she’s flirting with me.

“Okay...I guess.” I added as i calmed down for a bit. Seeing as every mare (other than Barb) was busy at the moment, I decide to move away from the group and look around the room. ”What the hell is that?” I asked Barb, noticing something glowing on Twilight’s table. It was a strange medallion that was a heart-shaped. It had a picture of a unicorn’s or Alicorn’s head in the front and a lightning bolt on the back of it.

“Oh that something that either Twilight or Starlight brought in.” Barb answered in response to my question. “Beats me on what the heck it is.” She added, crossing her arms under her ample breasts. I honestly didn’t know what the hell it was either, only something felt off. Something was drawing me to this strange rock, and I don’t know what possessed me to walk closer to the item and touch it. Once I did, it suddenly starts glowing.

“What the hell?” I said as the amulet started glowing brighter. I turned to the girls who were still fighting with each other. “Um... girls?” I called out trying to get their attention.

“Hey girls!” Barb shouted. All the mares stopped arguing when they heard Barb call out.

“What is it Barbra?” Twilight exclaimed as the shouting started getting out of hand.

“Whatever this is, just turned on.” I called out. All of the mares turn towards me, then their eyes soon focused on the trinket I touched once its brightness intensified.

“What did you do?” Twilight asked, getting in my face.

“All I did was touch it.” I said, holding my hands up defensively while backing away from her. Sadly that didn’t help my situation as Rainbow Dash pinned me to the wall again.

“I knew you were trouble!” She said, having my arm behind my back in an armlock. “What did you do?” She added, bending my arm back further. With how strong she was, I thought she was going to break my arm.

“Rainbow Dash! Let him up!” I heard Starlight’s voice as she got between us via teleportation forcing the deranged pegasus to let go of me. I’m really starting to hate that bitch right now. After the pain started to numb down, I was going to say something else, but saw that no one was looking at me. Their eyes grew to the size of saucers and their mouths were open. I turn to where they were looking and I get the same shocked look they had. The bobble went from stone to a shining blue color. It was pretty mesmerizing, but a hand on my shoulder snapped me out of it. I turn around to find Rarity standing over me.

“Darling, what exactly did you do?” She asked in a calm tone.

“I really don’t know…” I told her. “All I did was touch this thing and then that happened.” Applejack suddenly walks over to me and looks me directly in the eyes, which was starting to creep me out.

“I can see you’re telling the truth,” Applejack spoke after a few moments, “but what made you think touching somethin’ you saw in a lab was a good idea?”

Now I look right back into hers, “I don’t know. I just felt something drawing me to it. I swear.” Applejack turned to the others and nodded.

“That’s strange.” Twilight comments. “Why were it draw you towards it?”

“What I find strange is how he somehow activated it, yet we couldn’t.” Sunset added in confusion. “Not even Twilight.”

“Maybe because he’s--” Fluttershy tried to comment, but was interrupted, due to her quiet voice.

“Well I don’t know how I turned it on when I all I did was--!” I stopped talking when I noticed it started spinning around. “Um...Is it supposed to do that?”

“I honestly don't know.” Twilight added in response. “Maybe it has something to do with the Equestrian magic in your body when I examined you earlier.”

“Maybe because he’s--” Fluttershy tried to comment, louder this time. She was still ignored.

“Wait a minute...Troy has Equestrian magic in his body?” Sunset asked turning to Twilight. “You didn’t mention this earlier when we met him.”

“I tried to say something, but I kept getting interrupted constantly.” Twilight remarked, crossing her arms.

“MAYBE BECAUSE HE’S A MALE!!” Fluttershy finally yelled, tried of being ignored. When everyone turned to look at her, she hides behind her mane and repeats “Maybe that stone is reacting to him because he’s male.”

Before anyone can say anything further, a beam shoot out of the medallion and struck me. I feel nothing but pain throughout my body. I heard the other mares calling out to me, as all of a sudden, there was a bright flash of light, then everything went black.

-Twilight’s POV- (or do you want someone else’s)

“What’s going on?” Trixie asked in confusion.

“I-it’s hurting him!” Fluttershy yelled out in shock and concern.

“It also looks like he is being drawn into it!” Sunset added.

“Get him away from it!” I hollered as myself and my friends tried to pull Troy away as the amulet was pulling him in. Unfortunately, we were knocked back by a shockwave from some type of force field. All we could do was watch in horror at whatever was happening to Troy. The human, that I barely knew anything about, was crying out in pain, as he was being dragged into a strange sphere of light. What threw us off was a sudden bright flash of light, that forces us to shield our eyes. When we open our eyes, the crying and pained howls had stopped. The sphere of light was still there, but Troy was nowhere to be found.

“What just happened?” I heard Barbara ask in confusion.

“I-I don’t know.” I said in response. I was confused by all of this. We barely knew Troy, the first male in Equestria, for a few hours and he suddenly gets swallowed by a magical cocoon from an Amulet that Starlight found.

“Why is that ball of light still there?” Pinkie Pie asked, pointing at the sphere that Troy was currently trapped in.

“I don’t know, but we need to find a way to get him out.”

“Maybe we can try to use a spell to force it open.” Sunset suggested.

“I can help as well.” Starlight added.

“Girls! Wait!” It was too late. Both Starlight and Sunset’s horns illuminate and they charge a spell and fire it at the strange cocoon that Troy was trapped in. I watched the cocoon absorb their combined magic blast, then send it back to their horns. Both mares are sent flying backwards towards one of my bookshelves, which promptly lands on them. Both mares are having a hard time trying to crawl out from under the bookcase. It’s obvious, that they are dizzy from the backlash. “Are you both okay?” I asked. Rarity and Applejack help both mares get up and the dazed unicorns shake their heads to shake off the dizziness they felt from the blast.

“I’m okay.” Starlight groaned. “Just a little shaken up.”

“Same here.” Sunset groaned. “What happened?”

“Whatever cocoon that Troy is trapped in, seems to be protected by a magical barrier.” I explained. “When you tried to use your magic, it must’ve caused a feedback effect.”

“Feedback?” I heard Rainbow Dash ask as she crossed her arms.

“Basically, the barrier he’s is in, attacked back.” I replied, walking over to my fallen bookshelf and casting a spell to stand it back up and restock all of my books. I pulled out a book that had ancient Equestrian spells on the cover. “The Amulet was made over 1200 years ago, so it’s no surprise that the spell is ancient Equestrian.”

“So what are we supposed to do?” Barbara asked. “We can’t just leave him in that stupid magic bubble.”

“Barbara is right darling.” I heard Rarity say as she placed a hand on my shoulder. “We have no idea what’s going on in that thing.”

“H-how are we going to help Troy?” Fluttershy added as tears streamed down her face.

“Is there any way to fix this here mess?” Applejack called out. I was soon hounded by several questions and it was starting to get on my nerves.

“Can I have some time to think about this please!?” I shouted, making everypony around me back away slightly. I realized what I did, and I immediately correct myself. “I-I’m sorry… I just need time to figure this out.” I pulled out a few more books from my shelf that were related to ancient Equestria and set them on the table.

“Until I can figure out which spell created this amulet,” I began as I began flipping through pages on the book, “all we’ll have to do is wait.” I then turn to Sunset, Trixie, and Starlight. “See if any of you can help find any books that are related to ancient Equestria.” I asked of the three to which they nodded in agreement. I then turn to the rest of my friends.

“As for everypony else, keep an eye on that cocoon for awhile.” All of my friends agreed.

“I can bring everyone drinks from the kitchen if you want.” Barbara spoke up, raising her hand.

“Thank you Barbara.” I said as she leaves us alone for awhile, but later comes back with a few waters and fruit punches.

-30 minutes later-

“How can there be nothing about that amulet or why it has Troy trapped in there?” I muttered to myself, a little frustrated at this. We skimmed and searched through every book I had and we couldn’t find a thing. The amulet must’ve either been really old, dating back to before Equestria was founded, or it was something that wasn’t supposed to exist.

“We can’t give up.” I heard Sunset say while turning to my direction. “There has to be something about the amulet.

“It’s been thirty minutes and nothing has happened.” Rainbow Dash complained, much to my irritation. “I’d say we just leave him in there.”

“Rainbow Dash!” Rarity called out before I was able to say something in response to that. “We barely got to know him and he hasn’t done anything to us.”

“Y’all don’t gotta be so judgy about everything that pops in here unannounced.” Applejack added agreeing with Rarity.

“That rich coming from you, Ms. Stay-away-from-Zecora-because-she's-different.” Rainbow remarked crossing her arms. “Well, if he’s so harmless, how do you explain how he activated that strange rock Starlight brought in?”

“He said that magic doesn’t exist where he’s from!” I said aloud as I had enough of Rainbow’s outburst. All eyes were now on me when I said this.

“Twilight, are you sure?” Sunset asked me, placing a hand on my shoulder.

“I’m sure. He said magic is nonexistent where he’s from, but I sensed traces of Equestrian magic on him.”

“That’s exactly my point.” Rainbow exclaimed. “If he is from a world of no magic, like he said he was, how come Twilight could sense magic in him, huh?”

“Well maybe we can ask Princess Celestia for help.” Starlight suggested. I immediately shivered at the thought. There’s no telling what Celestia might do to Troy and that scared me.

“What are we supposed to tell her?” I asked as I grew rather frantic. I was too focused on the girls I didn’t notice Barbara standing next to me.

“I was just suggesting that we get her help….”

“How do we explain how a male suddenly appeared in Equestria when we all promised to keep him a secret?” I yelled in Starlight’s face.

“Hey!” Trixie shouted at me as she got between me and Starlight. “No need to ride up Starlight’s ass Sparkle.” Then she told me in a slightly lower voice,. “She only offered some advice.”

“Twilight darling, please calm down.” Rarity called out. “I can understand your frustration, but there is no need to take it out on your friends.” She said. I look around me to see all of my friends with worried expression on their faces.

“I….I’m sorry.” I said after I calmed down. “I wasn’t trying to put extra pressure on myself and take it out on all of you like that.”

“Hey!” Barbara shouted.

“You don’t have to yell Barbara…” I said, rubbing my ears. I later found out that she called my name two times prior. “What is it?”

“Something’s happening to that weird cocoon.” She said, pointing towards the magic cocoon. We all turned to it and she was right. Something was happened. A low humming sound was heard, and the cocoon was flashing white before returning to it’s yellow color over and over again.

“What's it doing?” Trixie asked.

“Wait a second…Isn’t that the sound a cocoon makes when it’s--” I was cut off as soon as pieces of it started breaking apart and falling on the floor. “It’s hatching!”

“Oh!” Pinkie Pie chirped in excitement. “Is Troy going to turn into a butterfly? Or maybe a dragon or maybe--!” I formed a magical barrier around her muzzle. Knowing Pinkie, she’ll be awhile.

“We’re not sure what’s going to happen to Troy.”

“So all we have to do is wait?” Rarity inquired.

“I guess….”

“Hey if he does turn into some type of monster,” Rainbow added. “It gives me a reason to bring a giant fly swatter and make him go splat.” She laughed at her own remark, but Applejack hit her in the back of the head.

“Now ain't the time fer jokes Rainbow Dash!” Applejack said scolding Rainbow, who was currently rubbing her head. “We just need to be sure if Troy is okay.”

“She’s right.” Sunset added. “Let’s just see what happens when--” She gets cut off as more and more pieces fall from the cocoon. A light was shining from it as well I was about to say something but a massive shockwave threw us all back. The cocoon finally hatched, and Troy was on the ground. We got up from where we all landed to see what happened to Troy. Only something felt...off.

-Troy’s POV-

“God that hurt… what the hell happened?” I groaned as I tried to sit up. I feel funny for some strange reason. The last thing I remember is that I touched some stupid whatchamacallit on the table and got zapped before I blacked out. I never felt so much pain in my life. I should’ve just left that stupid thing alone. I open my eyes to see all the girls standing over me, with shocked and confused looks on their faces. “What?” I asked as I stood up. For some strange reason, I was somewhat more level headed with Twilight rather than my face looking at her bosom. It was also surprisingly chilly in the room.

“Are you all kneeling?” I asked, hoping I wasn’t hallucinating.

“No… we’re standing” Barb said.

Something was definitely wrong. I look down at myself and noticed why they were shocked. I was no longer short and lanky, but rather I was tall and I look pretty buffed from my standards. My chest and shoulders were much broader than before. I look around for a mirror but there isn’t any in sight. “Where’s the nearest mirror?” I ask, trying to stay calm.

“I got one!” Pinkie replies jubilantly. She reaches into her poofy hairdo and pulls out a mirror with a handle. “Here you go, hot stuff.” She says as she hands me the mirror. I arch an eyebrow at that but I’ll worry about what she called me, as well as how and why she had a mirror in her mane later. Right now, I need to look at myself.

“Holy….” I said as I was just as surprised as everyone else was. I was freakin ripped. I don’t know what the hell that strange rock did to me but this is crazy. I wasn’t any Mr. Universe mind you, but it was enough to keep myself with a rather unique figure. My face seem to have changed as well. It was smoother, my features were chiseled, and my hair was neat and tidy. I then turn to the girls. “What did that rock do to me?” I asked. Pinkie just kept on smiling, but everyone else’s faces turned red for some odd reason. I follow their gaze, and found out why they were blushing. I didn’t just gain some muscle, I actually grew down below as well. My manhood was almost two feet in length. A total of 21 inches at most, with a pair of testicles the size of cantaloupe melons. I realized that with the robe ripped, I had no means of covering myself and I just flashed several naked mares in front of me. Even my underwear was struggling to stay on after some holes were settling in. In response, I let out a surprised yelp and try my best to cover my private areas.

“Seriously, what the hell happened to me?” I couldn’t get a response out of anyone. Fluttershy had her face covered by her hands since she was probably freaked out by my sudden buff form. I turned to both Starlight and Trixie who were practically drooling from their mouths. Rainbow Dash just turned away from me with a defiant expression. Of course she still doesn’t trust me, but I see a hint of rose on her cheeks. Barb just stood there with her mouth agape. Sunset had a more angry expression as she shouted ‘My Robe!’ earlier since it got ripped on my new body. Rarity had stars in her eyes as she looked at me (Uh oh. I hope she isn’t thinking what I think she’s thinking). Applejack was trying her hardest to hide her blush as she looked at me. Same went for Twilight, but she was more confused than she was shocked by my sudden growth spurt.

“T-this doesn’t make any sense!” She stuttered, flipping through some anatomy books that she pulled from the shelf. She suddenly gets right in my face and her curvaceous body presses against me. “Are humans able to undergo metamorphosis as changelings?”

“No I don't even--!” I pause as something she said caught my attention. “Wait, what the hell’s a changeling?”

“Don’t change the subject.” Rainbow Dash called out, getting in between us.

“Can’t you just give me a break?” I shouted as she was getting too close. “Humans don’t go through metamorph-- whatever this is.” I answered, pretty annoyed at the Rainbow creep right now.

“Well how do we know you’re not gonna go after my friends?” She added as she got in my face and stayed there. I swear, i actually wanted to slap her, but that would only make me look worse. Thankfully, Twilight stepped up and got her out of my face.

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight called out, yanking on her tail, causing the mare to fall on her ass.

“OW!” She yelped, rubbing her where she fell on her butt. “What was that for? I’m only trying to look out for my friends.”

“Well all you’ve done is accuse him of being a monster and he hasn’t attacked us.” Twilight added in response. “Zecora brought him here to me after he was found injured, so how can he be a threat?”

“But--”

“No. Buts. Rainbow Dash.” She growled, and her eyes started glowing, and random books started flying around her. “You’re treating him like how we treated Zecora when we first met. You can try to get to know him better.”

“And how do you know that he isn’t going to do anything now that he’s taller than you?” Rainbow counteragrued.

“I don’t even know how this happened you moron!” I yelled, in response to her comment. “All I did was touch that stupid thing.”

“Excuuuuse me?” Rainbow then turn to look at me. “Listen here, you hairless ape. I don’t care how big you’ve gotten, Call me something like that again and I’ll--”

“ENOUGH!!’ Twilight yelled as she looked like phoenix minus the feathers. Ms. Rainbow Brite was levitated in a fiery red aura and brought face-to-face with the angry fire-horse. “I have had enough of your intolerance, accusations, and attitude. One more negative word or comment about Troy without cause, and I will teleport you to the coldest region in the north to cool your temper for a little while. Understood?” She said in a demonic voice glaring at her. God, she was scary when she was pissed. Rainbow Dash looked ready to wet herself seeing that Twilight was dead serious on sending the Rainbow Butt somewhere she didn’t like.

She still glared at Twilight. “Fine. You want me to stop? Okay, I’m outta here. When he starts attacking and raping ponies, don’t say I didn’t try to warn you.” Before Twilight could react, Rainbow flew outta Twilight grip and crashed through a window.

“God, why is she such a bitch?” I said aloud causing the other girls to gasp. “I don’t know what her problem is, but she doesn’t know a damn thing about me.”

“Forgive our friend Rainbow Dash darling.” Rarity said as she walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. “She can be rather edgy sometimes.”

“Edgy?” I asked raising a brow. “First she tackles me to a wall, gets in my face, and she flat out accuses me of trying anything when I don’t even know what the hell happened.”

“Please don’t be too hard on Rainbow.” Fluttershy speaks in almost a whisper. “She’s very protective of her friends, she just--”

“FOREVER!!” Pinkie screams from behind the shy mare, causing her to fall over with her arms and legs in the air while sounding like a sheep.

“What was that about?” I asked turning to Twilight.

“Don't ask….” She said in response. “It’s just Pinkie being Pinkie.”

“Wait a minute….” I said as I noticed something about Pinkie. “You stopped shuddering.”

“Oh. that’s because what happened to you was the doozy.” She chirped holding her hands behind her back.

“What happened to me was a doozy?” I asked her as I had no clue what she meant.

“My pinkie sense, silly filly.” She answered. “It only goes off by unnatural events.” She added, giggling like a schoolgirl.

“Don’t let Rainbow Dash get ya down in the dumps sugarcube.” Applejack said as she got beside me. “Give it time, and she’ll come around.”

“As far as I’m concerned, I want to stay away from her for awhile.” I remarked.

“Okay let’s not panic.” Twilight began. “I at least want to learn what your new body can really do.” She stands up from where she was sitting while I sat down cross-legged and sort of hunched over. “What’s wrong?” She asked me.

“I’m not going to do whatever you want me doing while I’m naked.” I pointed out as the robe that ripped earlier failed to cover my massive bulge.”Can I please have some clothes before we begin whatever you plan to do?”

“There’s also that fact they my robe was ripped apart.” Sunset remarked in annoyance.

“Oh, of course.” Twilight said as she turns to Rarity.

“Of course, darling.” Rarity spoke while standing up. “I can make some to keep your, ahem, modesty.”

“There’s nothing modest about it.” Starlight mumbles while Trixie absently nods in agreement.

“As I was saying,” Rarity says in a slightly louder voice, “I just need to retake your measurements, which I don’t mind doing at all.”

“Thanks.” I said, but then I notice something was off with Barb. She looks like she’s in pain and was about to throw up. “You okay?” She suddenly burps and a strange set of green flames suddenly turn into a scroll. “What’s that?”

“It’s a letter.” Barb said as she opened it up. She looked into it and she suddenly turns pale. “And it’s from…...Princess...Celestia.”

Twilight immediately snatches the letter and looks it over. She drops the letter and starts panicking and rambling. “Oh no. Oh no. Oh no! What are we going to do?”

Sunset picks up the letter and reads it aloud:

Dear Twilight,

I’m sorry to write on such short noticed but this is the first time I had a chance to. Luna and I felt a strange magical presence in the Everfree Forest. We are on our way to Ponyville as of this moment, as well as, your sister, Gleaming Shield, your sister-in-law and former foalsitter, Cadance, and your niece, Flurry Heart. I would like for you to get all your friends together and meet us outside your castle, so we can investigate while Barb helps Flurry settle in. We will be travelling by train, so you should be able to have everyone ready by the time we arrive.

See you soon,

Celestia

“I was so busy that I forgot Flurry was staying for the week while Cadance and my sister went to Saddle Arabia for a trade meeting!” Twilight yelled while getting more frantic by the second.

It looks like I’m about to meet more ponies. Lovely.

Author's Note

I was planning on having Troy go through with this when he touched the amulet. Don't worry about RD, she'll come around and warm up to Troy later on. Credit to Frankie2 for helping me set up the chapter.